Wichita eagle., 1887-10-30
Y. M. @. A.
Second Days Session Well At
tended and q Good In
terest Manifested.
Reports of Committees and Lively
Discussions on Important Sub
jects-Today's program.

attendance is still increasing. The roll now
numbers over 500 and more came in today.
rs tae name of the association would indi.
cate most of those in attend snce are young
men, but here and there among the throDg
was noticed bald spot and occasionally a
gray head which belonged to young hearted
man. There was quite number OF ladies
also present, about - being in attendance
| from outside places as delegates from the
ladies' auxilliaries.
| At $50 over 800 were gathered at the
| NJ. thodist church to the early morning meet
ing for prayer and conference on thu subJec,
of state finances This was led by c. E
Mails, of Topeka, and was mostearnest ant
enjoyable meeting and the utmost en-
thusiasm Yves displayed by the boys Thi
| lasted one hour, after which breakfast wa
in order.
After breakfast there was a song service
followed by Bible reading on "Giving," b,
o Billings. The president asked fer all VIII
| had ever given to the Lord and were sorry
to raise their hands. No one responded
Those who had given and were glad wer'
| then asked for testimony. One gentleman
said, Don't worry about providing. Ih'
happiest year in my life was the one il
| which gave the most.
Another: "Don't be afraid to give to the
Lord. His promises will be fulfilled"
Another: ''The most blessed year Of my
life. The first of the year I was in debt, an6
didn't know whether I ought to give to the
Lord or pay my debts. I gave to the Lord
and my debts were paid, too"
Another ha0 three elements in his expert
ence in giving. First, thought he ought to
give as he felt like it, then afterwards de
cided to give one-tenth of all to the Lord,
and now regards one-tenth as the minimum
of giving.
Other similar experiences were given, after
which DR.. Brooks gave Bible reading on
Sacrifice and Devotion"
DR.. Brooks-One passage Of scripture oc-
CURED to my mind that we will take as a
topic for little study today: Matt. XVII: S.
"And when they had lifted up their eyes,
they saw no man, save Jesus only" If the
young men of this convention can get their
eyes solely fixed upon him, and can go to
their homes with the true words stamped
upon their hearts-"Jesus only" there will
be no kind Of trouble about sacrifice and de-
votion. You may remember the words that
occurred in connection with the transfigura-
ton scene when our blessed Lord went with
three disciples apart to pray. 1t is very in
teresting to observe that as he prayed, his
countenance lighted up and it became oaz-
zling in its brightness, and his garments
glistened above the splendor of the monday
sun, and that glorious clouds swept over the
mountains and that Peter and the two dis
ciples that were with him were overwhelmed
with ave. Peter said, "Lord, is it good for
us to be hereH In mist Of glory appeared
Moses and Elijah speaking with him of sac
rifce and devotion to the glory Of God. God
would not permit even Moses and Elijah to
stand as peers of His peerless Son, and then
came 1. voice out of the clouds saying, "This
is my beloved Son. Hear ye Him. and
when they lifted up their eyes they saw no
man, save "Jesus only" Oh, there is a
world of meaning in that word ''only" when
you come to thinking Of sacrifice and devo-
ton. "Jesus only" John VI, 35-47: "And
Jesus said unto them, ] am the giver Of life;
be that cometh to me shall never hunger,
and he that believeth on me shall never
thirst" Verify, Verify ] say unto you,
he that believeth on me hath everlasting
hfe.n l wish you young men would get into
the habit of reading the word, and read it
carefully and emphasize it. Every word
of it is worthy of your devout attention.
Jesus saith "He that believeth on me hath
ev erlasting life John xi 1876. Jesus
said unto her: l am the resurrection and
life; he that believHth in Me, though ne were
dead, yet shall he live, and whosoever liveth
and believeth in meshsll never die. Believest
thou this? John xiv, l. Let not your heart
he troubled, We believe in God; believe also
in Me- john Xxx, !. But these are writ
ten, that We might believe that Jesus is the
Christ, the Son of God; and that believing
We might have life through His name"
There are something's you believe simply
with the mind and it goes no further. You
believe, for example, that the thermometer
goes down to the freezing point, and that is
the end of it. You simply accept it as true.
That is one way to believe a thing. There
are other things that you believe with the
mind, but the thing you believe goes long
way further. do not believe that Jesus
was an impostor; believe that he was what
ba claimed 70 be-the son OF God How do
know 1T l know it by the word of God.
Having this in mind and confessing Him, BE
saws: "Follow me. What did they do!
Did they make excuses and refuse to go2 No!
Immediately they left their work and fol-
lowed him. There was no hesitancy about
it, young men; there was prompt, nnques-
tioning, unhesitating following. 1t was this
prompt, unquestioning following that gave
them their apostleship and crowned them
with immortality. When that poor widow
gave her two mites Jesus handed her down
to immortality. The rich men who gave
their gifts we do not know a thing
about. The Lord commendedt the poor woman
because it was a noble sacrifice. This is the
sort of sacrifice that Jesus eommendS The
idea is. Our Lord calls the young men to
sacrifice and devotion. 1t is immediate and
prompt devotion. If We abide in me, live:
then comes Obedience, then comes following
and then service. All this is the result of
simply abiding in Christ. Why do you re-
joice in Himi Because you trusted IN Him.
You never viii get away from this. Simply